Does the mere idea of stepping into another mall, watching It’s a Wonderful Life for the zillionth
time, or talking to your loved ones make you throw up? Then settle your bowlful
of jelly into the La-Z-Boy® and deck your hall with today’s installment of Psychobabble’s 12 Days of X-Mas Episodes instead!
Merry vegetating!
Series: The Monkees
Episode: “The
Monkees’ Christmas Show”, in which The Monkees teach a poor little rich Scrooge
the true meaning of blah, blah, blah. Honestly, this is not one of The Monkees’ finest half hours, veering
too deeply into sappiness and subjecting viewers to a weird shopping fantasy
sequence that goes on way too long. But there are some very nice things about “The
Monkees’ Christmas Show”, such as the always welcome opportunity to see Mike
get all serious and teach us all a valuable lesson, the casting of Butch “Eddie
Munster” as the little Scrooge, which is sort of cool, the heartwarming closing
credits sequence in which the guys invite all of their behind-the-scenes
co-workers to say “happy holidays!” with them in front of the camera, and best
of all, the performance of “Riu Chiu”. Destroying charges that Micky, Mike,
Davy, and Peter lacked musical talent, they sing a complexly arranged Christmas
carol in medieval Spanish effortlessly. It’ll send chills up your spine.
